(Washington, DC) -- U.S. State Department officials say they support efforts by the family of Kenneth Bae to secure the release of the Lynnwood, Washington businessman from a North Korean prison, where he's been held since November 2012. The State Department also says it supports efforts by the Reverend Jesse Jackson to bring Bae back to the U.S. CNN reports Jackson has met with the Bae family and has offered to go to North Korea on a humanitarian mission to free Bae.